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By Gillian Tett
Published: August 20 2009 15:17 | Last updated: August 20 2009 15:17
A decade ago, it was fashionable for western consultants, bankers and business people to decry Japan's domestic service industry. For Japanese business sectors, ranging from milk production to financial broking, have long been plagued by complex distribution chains and numerous middlemen.
So, Anglo-Saxon consultants "“ such as McKinsey "“ would regularly urge the Japanese to reform their distribution chains, and flourish data showing how much more "efficient" the US was than Japan in sectors such as retailing.
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